RUMOR: Ewan McGregor to Play Obi-Wan Kenobi in STAR WARS: EPISODE IX?

According to The Sun, Ewan McGregor is set to return to play Obi-Wan in Star Wars: Episode IX. The publication notes that McGregor will “secretly film his scenes”. The Sun also noted that Disney has been mulling over the potential Obi-Wan solo film and there have been concerns about getting the story for that film right.

While this should be taken with a giant grain of salt, the idea of McGregor showing up as Obi-Wan in Episode IX is a strange one. Granted, if McGregor does show-up, it would most likely be a flashback of some sort. There’s also a possibility that McGregor would serve as a body double for the force ghost version of Alec Guinness’ iteration of Obi-Wan. Honestly, I’m just as confused as you all are.

What is kind of concerning here is that The Sun is implying that Disney is nixing the Obi-Wan film that fans have been excited for in favor of putting McGregor in Episode IX. This idea would completely contradict what we heard about the Obi-Wan film earlier today.

As I said, take all of this with a grain of salt, as neither Disney nor Lucasfilm have not be completely open about what their plans for Obi-Wan are, if there are any at all.

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